11.When he reached a certain place the sun had set and he spent the night there. He took one of the stones that were there and using it as a pillow, he lay down to sleep.

12.While Jacob was sleeping, he had a dream in which a ladder stood on the earth with its top reaching to heaven and on it were angels of God going up and coming down.

13.And Yahweh was standing there near him and said, "I am Yahweh, the God of your father, Abraham, and the God of Isaac. The land on which you sleep, I give to you and your descendants.

14.Your descendants will be numerous like the specks of dust of the earth and you will spread out to the west and the east, to the north and the south. Through you and your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

15.See, I am with you and I will keep you safe wherever you go. I will bring you back to this land and not leave you until I have done what I promised."

16.Jacob woke from his dream and said, "Truly Yahweh was in this place and I was not aware of it."

17.He was afraid and said, "How full of awe is this place! It is nothing less than a House of God; it is the Gate to Heaven!"

18.Then Jacob rose early and took the stone he had put under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on the top of it.